[Cialug] Actiontec

[Kevin C. Smith]

>
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>> Dave appears to be correct regarding the Actiontec DNS issue.
>> I upgraded my firmware to version: QW04-3.60.2.0.6.3-GT701-WG
>> Then set my DNS as static, and it appears to work correctly thus far.
>> I'm sure this didn't work for me before. Must be the firmware.
>
> woohoo, I will be doing that today. Is that the most recent one on the
> qwest site?
>

Yep. You have to dig, but it's there.

I would like to say that I confused two issues with the Actiontec both
DNS related though.

1. The DNS not resolving correctly, or being slow, when is spits out
search "whatever the was" and nameserver 192.168.0.1 in /etc/resolv.conf.

2. The other issue is that internal/intranet hosts are not resolved
correclty from inside the firewall. Externel IP 65.xxx.xxx.xx which is
a server behind the firewall (port 25, 80, etc) forwared to 192.168.0.x.
When an internal machine attempts with contact www.xxxx.com (65.xxx.xxx.xx)
it gets 192.168.0.1 the Actiontec login.

I solved this by modifying all /etc/hosts inside to give the correct
internal IP, including Windows machines:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

You can do something with the Actiontec, I forgot, but this resets itself
and was annoying. Maybe also fixed now? I don't know yet.


-- 
Kevin C. Smith